Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-07
WASHINGTON.
Great Amount OF Important Work Re-
Wains to be Done by Congress In
the Next Three Weeks.
Manton Marble Thinks the President Has
Reluctantly Yielded to Secretary
Manning's Retirement.
coNGREssIoNAL PRoGNosr1CArIoNs.

| OF measures which have passed the House
and been reported favorably by the SEN
ate. Tomorrow the hill granting q
charter to the Eads Ship Railway, which
| is the unfinished business, will be laid
before the Senate. Should this bill be
passed by the Senate 1t is the purpose of
the friends of the Nicaragua Canal bill to
call up that measure as soon as
possible, holding that the rival
projects to which these two bills
are designed to give recognition should be
treated alike and impartially.
Senator Hawley has given notice Of
his purpose to call up forthwith
one of the two bills to en-
courage the manufacture of modern
ordnance, to be followed Immediately by
the other one of these measures. One
relates to the army and the other to the
navy ordnance. They were introduced by
Senator Cameron on December, 1855, and
were reported from the committee on
coast defences last week. The two
measures, which are part of the general
scheme, appropriate $S,0o0,000 each. An
amendment to the one which relates to
the army has been offered by Senator
Dolph and reported tavorably by the
committee on coast defenses, appropriate
ing $1,000, 900 for constructing coast
defenses. The general features of
the plan embodied in these bills and
the proposed amendment appropriating
at once 2l,000,000 for guns and coast
defences are understood to meet the al
most unanimous approval of the Sen
ators, but there may be considerable d.
versity of opinion regarding the details.
The two bills name the Water
vliet Arsenal al West Troy.
N. Y, and the navy yard at
Washington as establishments in connec-
ton with which gun factories for the
army and navy, respectively, are author
lied to be established
Senator Ingalls, is to call up as soon es
possible his bill repeating the limitation
placed upon the arrears act, the effect of
which if passed will be to entitle
each pension 10 g back date
from death or disability, regardless of
the time when the application was made.
The Senate is almost equally divided with
respect to the merits of this measure, the
test vote of last week disclosing one ma
jority in its favor.
Senator Hoar, who reported the judi
ciary commmlttee's substitute for the
accounts of subsidized Pacific railroads,
intends to bring the matter before the
Senate fer action during the weak He
has publicly declared his opposition to
it, and he will open the debate with a
speech setting forth generally his objec-
lions to the procrastean method of dealing
with corporate rights. and particularly
his aversion to the proposed increase
from % to 40 per cent. of the net earn
ings to be collected from these corpora
tions.
Senator Plumb has charge of the post
office appropriation bill, which has right
of way whenever he may choose to call
it up.
Wednesday will be devoted to eulogies
on Senator Logan.
By special order Tuesday has been ap-I
pointed for consideration of business re-
ported from the committee on foreign
affairs. The first measure as
called is the Chinese indemnity, which
will be followed by the fisheries
resolution. If Congress shall have COM
pleted its consideration by that day,
Wednesday and Thursday will probably
be consumed in discussion Of the diplo-
matte appropriation bill, and considera-
ton of the naval appropriation bill may
also be entered upon and displace pre-
vious business. On Friday the agricul-
tural committee will make an effort to
secure final action upon the
pleuro- pnepmonia bill. Saturday has
been designated for the consideration
of the Senate trade-dollar redemption
bill, and as there is much opposition man
ifested discussion will consume the day.
The routine of the week, however, may
be interrupted if Weaver of Iowa carries
out his publicly announced intention of
rising to a question of privilege and call
ing the attention of the House to what he
regards as violation of law on the part
of the Secretary of the Treasury in regard |
to the issuance of 81 and 81 notes. Such |
action on his part would undoubtedly give |
rise to protracted financial debate.
MANrON MARBLE ON MANNING.
WASHINGTON, Feb. G.-Msnton Mar |
BILE, who has been the guest of Secretary
Manning for several days, returned to
New York last evening. Just before
leaving he said, with reference to certain
published reports concerning Mr.. Man.
ning's condition: ~ perceive absolutely
no Impairment of his mental faculties, land
as to his physical condition, while, of
course, he cannot work as many hours
day as ne did last year, to my personal
knowledge his progress toward sound
health has been continuous and uninter-
rupted since last summer, and has been
more rapid since October, although his
office is by far the most exacting and Ia
borious in the federal government. The
stories that he is unable to sign his own
name are entirely unfounded. He signs
his name to warrants, checks, appoint
ment papers and letters scores
Of times day, and as mat
Ter of fact his daily work now would
0verwhelm many younger men. One of
he last letters written by Governor Til
len, which 1 received in Europe later
nan the news of his death, informed me
that he urged Secretary Manning, who
vas then visiting Greystone, to resign as
soon as he had finished his statement of
he federal finances and his plan necessary
or currency and taxation reform. Its
execution could be left to the President
md Congress. His first duty then would
,e to re-establish his health. l Go not
loubt that the President has reluctantly
'ielded to the same conclusion"
STILL AT LARGE.
VI. nasnsradoes Who Assaulted the Off